When those dangerous words left her friend's mouth, Alexandra had no idea that they'd result in her telling a lie that could get her killed.

But with her childhood friend's life on the line, and a front-row seat to a battle between aliens within her reach, it was a chance she wasn't about to miss.

In fact, it was something she'd wanted for a long time.

Ever since the extraterrestrial superhero and his nemesis entered the scene, she'd suspected that hers weren't the only lies being told. Something is off about this otherworldly rivalry, and she's going to find out what.

Today, in an excerpt from Heroic Lies, a friend's perilous secret throws a mischievous reporter, an enigmatic alien villain, and a shapeshifting superhero into a room together.